matter of record

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matter of record (plural matters of record)

A fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.
- 1906, Andy Adams, The Story of a Poker Steer:
  When Dick Larkin asked to see his credentials, the inspector not only produced them, but gave the owner's name and the county in which the brand was a matter of record.
- 1905, The Inland Architect and News Record, volume 45, page 65:
  It is a matter of record in history that asphalt was used in the construction of a highway in Peru, being built by prehistoric races.
- 1920, “Memoirs of Capt. Andrew Talcott”, in Engineering News-record, volume 85, page 805:
  This has now been privately printed and deposited in several of the leading libraries as a matter of record.
- 2004, John Ernest, Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861, page 1:
  Indeed, African American history, like all history, remains as much a matter of argument as a matter of record.
- 2018 February 27, Derek Lowe, “Business and Markets: Where’s All That Money Going? (Pharma Edition)”, in Science Translational Medicine:
  My feelings about share buybacks in an R&D driven industry like this one have been a matter of record for some time, for all the good that does.
(law) A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court.